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as opposition forces say that they could accept an international peace keeping force if president assad steps aside. meanwhile, a u.s.-based monitor confirms the country's two-day internet blackout is now over. conner powell is live for us in the region with the very latest. conner? >> heather, the internet is now on in damascus, but appears much of the rest of syria is still without internet and other mobile phone connection. the assad government blamed that disconnection on terrorists, but outside monitoring groups say no, in fact it's the assad regime that cut the connection. the question is why would they do that? we've seen more and more fighting getting closer and closer to damascus. particularly into the areas where the government is the strongest, like around the airport, which has been open and planes have been coming and going since the start of this war nearly two years ago. in the last two days, fighting has gotten particularly heavy and flights have been canceled out of the international airport. the rebels at one point claimed to have held the road going to the airport. th
as opposition forces say that they could accept an international peace keeping force if president assad steps aside. meanwhile, a u.s.-based monitor confirms the country's two-day internet blackout is now over. conner powell is live for us in the region with the very latest. conner? >> heather, the internet is now on in damascus, but appears much of the rest of syria is still without internet and other mobile phone connection. the assad government blamed that disconnection on terrorists,...
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miami, transportation, san diego, international -- an intellectual property -- it varies from city-to-city. in terms of immigration reform, what we have seen as different sectors of the economy look at immigration differently. the high-tech community is looking at bringing in more high-skilled workers or keeping graduates in the united states to help them with challenges in computer sciences, for example, or health sciences. you have the hotel industry and the airline industry focused on trying to make sure that travel visas are administered more efficiently so we can bring in more tourists to spend more money. you have the industry sectors with an interest in immigration. our view is immigration reform will be a big issue in 2013 and you will see big companies across sectors working together, combining shared interests to get something done. host: here is a tweet from one of our viewers -- how does the national debt directly effect businesses, or does it? guest: the big factor to consider in all of this is borrowing costs. we work with our number of large financial services firms, and wha
miami, transportation, san diego, international -- an intellectual property -- it varies from city-to-city. in terms of immigration reform, what we have seen as different sectors of the economy look at immigration differently. the high-tech community is looking at bringing in more high-skilled workers or keeping graduates in the united states to help them with challenges in computer sciences, for example, or health sciences. you have the hotel industry and the airline industry focused on trying...
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i think this may be keeping with the idea that citi is an international company. don't need as much stuff here. maybe. >> to the extent financial services are being commotitized. reflective of changes going on overall at financial services as you get out of markets that are so transparent now that you can't make the margin that you once again. therefore you have to focus on the cost size. >> i don't think people understand how much money they used to make. in a transaction you could hide gross credit. you could say you're buying this at 100 but you are getting to 98. no one is taking two anymore. those were the ways you really made a lot of money if you were a sales trader. >> the bulk of the layoffs is from global consumer banking. >> global consumer. >> they are talking brazil, hong kong -- >> those are growth markets. >> that's fascinating. 35% coming from that. >> and 25% from institutional clients. >> what the heck are they doing? are they retreating? the whole thing was to put everybody there. i guess -- >> it's not a supermarket. they want to be bodega. >>
i think this may be keeping with the idea that citi is an international company. don't need as much stuff here. maybe. >> to the extent financial services are being commotitized. reflective of changes going on overall at financial services as you get out of markets that are so transparent now that you can't make the margin that you once again. therefore you have to focus on the cost size. >> i don't think people understand how much money they used to make. in a transaction you could...
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joining the company is an international head of jewelry for christie's. welcome back. we always love to see. >> i always love to be here. stuart: when you bring good stuff with you. >> call me anytime. this will happen. stuart: for step, can we show please this rare red diamond? let's go closer to this one here. that is the red diamond. can we focus a little more on that? don't see that well on the screen. how much? >> it is a tree carrots stone and we with a larger diamond which wwll give you a sense of the rarity. a round stone, has two of the rest queues in the dime in the world, red and orange and it will make $1 million, $300,000 a carat. that is a lot of money but it is not very big. it is the rarity of the color. you don't get red diamonds in large sizes. stuart: not bad for your business. >> not all. it is all educational. stuart: $300,000 a carat for a rare red diamond. >> so glad i came to work today on fox business. look at what i get to wear. stuart: got to get this on camera really well so you conceive the size of this thing. we are focusing in. look at th
joining the company is an international head of jewelry for christie's. welcome back. we always love to see. >> i always love to be here. stuart: when you bring good stuff with you. >> call me anytime. this will happen. stuart: for step, can we show please this rare red diamond? let's go closer to this one here. that is the red diamond. can we focus a little more on that? don't see that well on the screen. how much? >> it is a tree carrots stone and we with a larger diamond...
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an unproven story. what i like now about this management versus the old management, instead of going out and trying tonight biggest, greatest global story, they are really focusing on internal execution and right-sizing the company. they have needed to do that for a long time. i hope they go for as far as they need to. >> the c-card, this is an event that the fed will either approve or disapprove of the capital plan for these banks. >> yes. >> and you're expecting the fed will approve all these dividends as well as capital -- as well as stock buybacks. >> to a certain degree. the fed will be more comfortable. if sympathy commits to buying shares back and something changes and there's more uncertainty around citi, they can halt their share. they won't have to cut their dividend again, but for bank of america i expect them to do both, increase their dividend and buy shares back. >> i guess i was reading an article recently that the federal reserve had become so involved in decisions about acquisitions, de
an unproven story. what i like now about this management versus the old management, instead of going out and trying tonight biggest, greatest global story, they are really focusing on internal execution and right-sizing the company. they have needed to do that for a long time. i hope they go for as far as they need to. >> the c-card, this is an event that the fed will either approve or disapprove of the capital plan for these banks. >> yes. >> and you're expecting the fed will...
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meanwhile, rebels in syria made the damascus international airport an official battleground. they said it's a legitimate target and they urged civilians to stay clear. fighting near the airport and around the capital city has intensified in the past week. the latest amateur video showed street battles and a car set afire by a rocket attack. the exiled leader of hamas khaled meshaal entered gaza today for the first time. it was, in part, a show of defiance after the militant group's latest clash with israel. we have a report narrated by jonathan rugman of "independent television news." >> reporter: he crossed the border from egypt with tears in his eyes. the leader of hamas setting foot on palestinian territory for the first time in 37 years. he had never been to gaza in his life but after kissing the tarmac apparently sobbing as he did so khaled meshaal said gaza had always been in his heart. there to greet him were the al qassam brigades. named after an arab rebel leader killed by the british in the 1930s. 80 years on the fight for self- rule isn't over. and thousands turned
meanwhile, rebels in syria made the damascus international airport an official battleground. they said it's a legitimate target and they urged civilians to stay clear. fighting near the airport and around the capital city has intensified in the past week. the latest amateur video showed street battles and a car set afire by a rocket attack. the exiled leader of hamas khaled meshaal entered gaza today for the first time. it was, in part, a show of defiance after the militant group's latest clash...
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. >> in miami, a private bus has crashed into an overpass at the city's international airport. our affiliate wplg reports two people have been killed. at least 30 people were hospitalized, three of them with critical injuries. >>> cleanup and an investigation is under way in southern new jersey after a freight train derailed on a bridge and crashed into a creek. four of the freight cars involved were carrying a highly toxic chemical which leaked into the creek. hundreds of residents were evacuated from the area and 71 people were taken to the hospital with respiratory issues. >>> john mcafee made a fortune as a pioneer of anti-virus software, but he spent the past several weeks shielding himself from authorities in belize. he's wanted for questioning in the killing of his neighbor last months. he hadn't been seen for three weeks until last night when he sat down with cnn's martin s savidge for an exclusive interview. i understand just getting to this interview was really an adventure in itself. they're looking for him. you found him. >> that was something almost out of a low-gr
. >> in miami, a private bus has crashed into an overpass at the city's international airport. our affiliate wplg reports two people have been killed. at least 30 people were hospitalized, three of them with critical injuries. >>> cleanup and an investigation is under way in southern new jersey after a freight train derailed on a bridge and crashed into a creek. four of the freight cars involved were carrying a highly toxic chemical which leaked into the creek. hundreds of...
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in new york city not expecting to see too much snowfall, maybe a coating, an inch or two into the afternoon hours and the evening. inland, the taoeupb yore portions of the northeast easily over a foot of snow. some place expect thing 18 inches. severe weather risk across parts of the indianas and the char line as. >> reporter: i just made it through laguardia last notice and that weather forecast is exactly why i came back. thank you. >> reporter: the united states is less than a week away from going over the so-called fiscal cliff. they say if president obama and congress don't make a deal we will almost certainly see a recession. do you buy that, steven? >> the congressional budget office is a nonpartisan group that does this and says we will in fact have an immediate rescission. they say that we come out of a short, sharp recession stronger than we would be if we didn't go into that recession in the first place. we stop borrowing money from the future to prop us up now. we have the immediate problems but in the long term we are in gets shape. that's what they are grappling this. how do t
in new york city not expecting to see too much snowfall, maybe a coating, an inch or two into the afternoon hours and the evening. inland, the taoeupb yore portions of the northeast easily over a foot of snow. some place expect thing 18 inches. severe weather risk across parts of the indianas and the char line as. >> reporter: i just made it through laguardia last notice and that weather forecast is exactly why i came back. thank you. >> reporter: the united states is less than a...